Crime & Safety
10 Pounds Of Marijuana Stolen In Moraga: Police
Four men were arrested, and drugs, a loaded gun and baseball bats were recovered.
LAMORINDA, CA — Four men pulled over in a traffic stop connected to a drug heist were arrested Sunday night on suspicion of stealing more than 10 pounds of marijuana from a residence in Moraga.
A possible burglary was reported in the 100 block of Donald Drive just before 9:30 p.m., and the reporting party described the suspects as three or four men wearing hooded sweatshirts and armed with baseball bats. At least one of them was allegedly spotted with a gun.
A suspect vehicle was identified and stopped in the vicinity of Moraga Road and Moraga Way.
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Responding officers found four men inside wearing hooded sweatshirts. They also allegedly found a baseball bat, a loaded handgun that turned out to be stolen, and a large quantity of marijuana
measured in excess of 10 pounds.
Investigators believe one of the suspects had purchased a large quantity of marijuana at the victim's residence at some point in the past, then returned with accomplices to steal more of it.
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None of the people inside the residence were injured.
Police say that 21-year-old Emarieay Prescott, 20-year-old Domenico Delgado Caramagno and 20-year-old Thomas Lloyd III, all of whom are listed as Oakland residents, were arrested alongside 19-year-old Berkeley resident Azrael Vargas.
They were booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on suspicion of crimes including robbery, burglary, conspiracy, possession of a firearm and probation violation. — Bay City News
